Sunday, June 19, 2011

The Last words of Jesus?

The Gospel According to Mark and Matthew
At noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon. And at three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” (which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
)...with a loud cry, Jesus breathed his last. - Mark 15:33-35

The Gospel According to Luke
Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.” When he had said this, he breathed his last. -Luke 23:44-46

The Gospel According to John
Later, knowing that everything had now been finished, and so that Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.” A jar of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of the hyssop plant, and lifted it to Jesus’ lips. When he had received the drink, Jesus said, “It is finished.” With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. - John 19:28-30


So either...

1) The Bible is the written word of God whose memory became foggy after Mark and Matthew were written.
2) The Bible is the written word of God who, on pain of eternal torture in hell, feels that it is justified to make all humans believe in the total accuracy of three contradicting versions of a single story.

or maybe...

3) The Bible is written by mortal men who had different opinions of what happened that afternoon.


What seems more likely to you?













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